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DREER’S “TWELVE BEST” 
TEA ROSES 
Tea Roses have always been admired for their delicious 
fragrance and for their delicacy of coloring, but many of 
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the varieties have now been superseded by the Hybrid-Tea 
class. The dozen kinds which we list below are the cream 
of the standard varieties, all of them sorts well worthy of 
a place alongside of the Hybrid-Tea ciass. All are offered 
in strong two-year-old plants that will give an abundance 
of flowers this season. The Tea Roses do not require the 
severe pruning recommended for the Hybrid-Teas; cut out 
all thin wood and cut back the stronger shoots to a promi- 
nent eye. 
Duchesse de Brabant. An old favorite, probably the most 
deliciously scented Rose grown; bright silvery-pink, always in 
bloom. 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 
Harry Kirk. A splendid Rose, of most robust growth, with free- 
branching habit, flowering freely and continuously; the blooms are 
large, with large, smooth petals of great substances the form is 
perfect, the buds long and elegant; coior deep sulphur-yellow, 
passing to a lighter shade at the edges of the petals. Awarded 
a Gold Medal by the, National Rose Society of England. 50 cts. 
m Tea Rose Harry Kirk each; $5.00 per doz. 
Lady Hillingdon. A recent introduction, of a beautiful cop- | Hugo Roller. An intensified Marie Van Houtte. The ground 
pery shade of apricot-yellow, beautiful in the bud; a strong, color is rich lemon-yellow, the petals being edged and suffused 
vigorous grower and very free-flowering. 50 cts. each; $5.00 with crimson; flowers of medium size, of good shape, and very 
per doz. freely produced throughout the season until late in autumn. 
Maman Cochet. An extra strong grower, producing its large Growth dwarf but vigorous. 75 cts. each; $7.50 per doz. 
buds and flowers in the greatest profusion; color deep rose-pink, inner 
side of petals silvery-rose; very double and exquisite in bud or when 
full-blown. 40 cts. each; $4.00 per doz. 
Marie Van Houtte. White, tinted with yellow, often edged with 
rose; Jarge, full, of fine form and an abundant bloomer. 50 cts. each; 
$5.00 per doz. 
Molly Sharman Crawford. Large, full double, delightfully fragrant, 
free-flowering Rose of splendid form; creamy-white at first changing 
to pure white. 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 
Mrs. Herbert Stevens. A beautiful white Rose, a flower of fault- 
less form, buds long and pointed, quite full, pure white with occasionally 
fawn or peach-colored shadings in the centre; exceptionally free-flower- 
ing. 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 
Mrs. Myles Kennedy. A delicate silvery-white, shaded buff and 
pink in the centre, the back edges of the petals shaded a deeper pink; 
the flowers are large, full and perfect in form. Awarded Gold Medal 
by the National Rose Society of England. 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 
Souvenir de Catherine Guillot. Coppery-carmine, shaded with 
yellow, an exceedingly rich colored Rose of great excellence. 50 cts. 
each; $5.00 per doz. 
White Maman Cochet. Identical, except in color, with Maman 
Cochet; a splendid bedder. 40 cts. each; $4.00 per doz. 
William R. Smith. A cross between Kaiserin Augusta Victoria and 
Maman Cochet; one of our best bedding Roses; flowers large, of ele- 
gant form; creamy white with rose shadings. 40 cts. each; $4.00 per doz. 
SPECIAL OFFER 
We will furnish one strong two-year-old plant each of the 
above twelve Tea Roses for $5.00. 
Tega Rosg Lapy Hittincpon 
Do not everlook the Three Tea Roses of Cao} introduction offered on opposite page 
